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Inside a Twitter Robot Factory

One day earlier this month, Jim Vidmar bought 1,000 fake Twitter accounts for $58 from an online vendor in Pakistan.

Mr. Vidmar programs accounts like these to "follow" other Twitter accounts, and to rebroadcast tweets.

Rapper Dave Murrell, who calls himself Fyrare and has paid Mr. Vidmar to log into Mr. Murrell's Twitter account and "follow" other people to boost his popularity on the social network, says...

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